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This reminds me of a (not so interesting) story. In about 1997 I was really into hanging out in yahoo chat rooms and making websites. I was 11. I asked for a b
by mgr86 10y ago
This reminds me of a (not so interesting) story.
In about 1997 I was really into hanging out in yahoo chat rooms and making websites. I was 11. I asked for a book on computer programming. I wanted to do something more than hack away at the perl scripts that ran my guest book. Neither my father or I really knew what I was asking. I received a nice book on PowerPC programming [0]. If I recall it read like assembly.
I still have the book on my bookshelf at home. I may have gotten 10% way through that book. It was quickly replaced with Sam's teach yourself perl in 24 hours.
[0]: https://www.amazon.com/PowerPC-Programming-Intel-Programmers-McClanahan/dp/1568843062 https://www.amazon.com/PowerPC-Programming-Intel-Programmers...
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